TY - GEN
T1 - 'Thin silicon solar cells
T2 - 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
AU - Ding, L.
AU - Boccard, M.
AU - Williams, J.
AU - Jeffries, A.
AU - Gangam, S.
AU - Ghosh, K.
AU - Honsberg, Christiana
AU - Bowden, Stuart
AU - Holman, Zachary
AU - Atwater, H.
AU - Buonassisi, T.
AU - Bremner, S.
AU - Green, M.
AU - Ballif, C.
AU - Bertoni, Mariana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014/10/15
Y1 - 2014/10/15
N2 - Crystalline silicon technology is expected to remain the leading photovoltaic industry workhorse for decades. We present here the objectives and workplan of a recently launched project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy through the Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency II (FPACE II), which aims at leading crystalline silicon to an efficiency breakthrough. The project will tackle fundamental approach of materials design, defect engineering, device simulations and materials growth and characterization. Among the main novelties, the implementation of carrier selective contacts made of wide bandgap material or stack of materials is investigated for improved passivation, carrier extraction and carrier transport. Based on an initial selection of candidate materials, preliminary experiments are conducted to verify the suitability of their critical parameters as well as preservation of the silicon substrate surface and bulk properties. The target materials include III-V and metal-oxide materials.
AB - Crystalline silicon technology is expected to remain the leading photovoltaic industry workhorse for decades. We present here the objectives and workplan of a recently launched project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy through the Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency II (FPACE II), which aims at leading crystalline silicon to an efficiency breakthrough. The project will tackle fundamental approach of materials design, defect engineering, device simulations and materials growth and characterization. Among the main novelties, the implementation of carrier selective contacts made of wide bandgap material or stack of materials is investigated for improved passivation, carrier extraction and carrier transport. Based on an initial selection of candidate materials, preliminary experiments are conducted to verify the suitability of their critical parameters as well as preservation of the silicon substrate surface and bulk properties. The target materials include III-V and metal-oxide materials.
KW - carrier selective contacts
KW - crystalline silicon solar cells
KW - passivation quality
KW - photovoltaic cells
KW - silicon
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U2 - 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925429
DO - 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925429
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84912096666
T3 - 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
SP - 2467
EP - 2470
BT - 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 8 June 2014 through 13 June 2014
ER -